- Apr 17, 2013
Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology has family program performance and workshop on Japanese Theater Masks on Saturday April 20.
Saturday April 20
1:00 pm
Japanese Theater Masks Performance and Workshop
Presented with Behind the Mask Theatre
Cat Mountain tells the story of Sho, a young servant girl who journeys to a strange and far-off mountain, where she hopes to find her freedom and her lost cat. But people warn, “No one has ever returned from Cat Mountain!” Behind the Mask’s brings this magical folktale to life in an original adaptation featuring puppetry, dance, masks, and Japanese theater styles.
Performance Tickets $2 (Show your ticket on April 20 before or after the performance and take $2 off Museum admission). Tickets available online March 29. Doors open at 12:30, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge
Recommended for ages 4 and up accompanied by an adult
Saturday April 20
Choice of two workshops 2:15-3:00 or 3:00-3:45 pm
After the performance, join Behind the Mask artists in the Peabody Museum for a Japanese mask-making workshop! Using designs based on traditional Japanese Noh and Kyogen masks, and from characters in the mask theater play Cat Mountain, create masks with simple materials.
$5 materials fee per mask-maker with Museum admission. Limited seating available; reservations recommended. Reservations/mask-maker materials fee available online March 29.
- Apr 16, 2013
NEJETAA sends our thoughts and prayers to the runners, supporters, friends, and family of those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings.
- Apr 15, 2013
MFA, Ann and Graham Gund Gallery, April 14 2013 – August 4, 2013
Planned NEJETAA trip: Sunday, May 5th
From April 14, 2013 to August 4, 2013, there will be a significant collection of Samurai armor on display at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. NEJETAA is inviting all members and their families to join us on Sunday, May 5th, to celebrate Children’s Day by viewing this extraordinary display. As with all entrants during the first full weekend of the month, Bank of America card holders can enter the MFA free of charge.
The absolute last day to RSVP is April 27th. Please email Stephanie Simpson-White at president at nejetaa dot com